Integration Libraries for Spring MVC

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This tutorial shows the way mobile API developers who build their applications on top of Spring framework can integrate with PowerAuth Server.

Prerequisites for the tutorial

Running PowerAuth Server with available REST interface.
Knowledge of web applications based on Spring Framework.
Software: IDE, Application Server (Tomcat, Wildfly, …)

Add a Maven dependency

To add PowerAuth support in your RESTful API, add Maven dependency for PowerAuth RESTful Security module in your pom.xml file:

<dependency>
    <groupId>io.getlime.security</groupId>
    <artifactId>powerauth-restful-security-spring</artifactId>
    <version>${powerauth.version}</version>
</dependency>

Register Bouncy Castle Provider

This step is technically required only in case your server uses end-to-end encryption, but performing it anyway will not cause any harm. First, make sure you include Bouncy Castle libraries in your dependencies:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
    <artifactId>bcprov-ext-jdk15on</artifactId>
    <version>${bouncycastle.version}</version>
</dependency>

Then, you can then register Bouncy Castle provider in your SpringBootServletInitializer (or an equivalent class in case you do not use Spring Boot):

public class ServletInitializer extends SpringBootServletInitializer {

    @Override
    protected SpringApplicationBuilder configure(SpringApplicationBuilder application) {

        // Register BC provider
        Security.addProvider(new BouncyCastleProvider());

        return application.sources(PowerAuthApiJavaApplication.class);
    }

}

Configure PowerAuth REST Client

In order to connect to the correct PowerAuth Server, you need to add following configuration:

@Configuration
@ComponentScan(basePackages = {"com.wultra.security.powerauth"})
public class PowerAuthWebServiceConfiguration {

    @Value("${powerauth.rest.url}")
    private String powerAuthRestUrl;

    @Bean
    public PowerAuthClient powerAuthClient() {
        return new PowerAuthRestClient(powerAuthRestUrl);
    }

}

Setting Up Credentials

(optional) In case PowerAuth Server uses a restricted access flag in the server configuration, you need to configure credentials for REST client:

@Value("${powerauth.service.security.clientToken}")
private String clientToken;

@Value("${powerauth.service.security.clientSecret}")
private String clientSecret;

// ...

@Bean
public PowerAuthClient powerAuthClient() {
    PowerAuthRestClientConfiguration config = new PowerAuthRestClientConfiguration();
    config.setPowerAuthClientToken(clientToken);
    config.setPowerAuthClientSecret(clientSecret);
    return new PowerAuthRestClient(powerAuthRestUrl, config);
}

Advanced PowerAuth REST Client Configuration

The following REST client options are available:

maxMemorySize - configures maximum memory size per request, default 1 MB
connectTimeout - configures connection timeout, default 5000 ms
proxyEnabled - enables proxy, disabled by default
proxyHost - proxy hostname or IP address
proxyPort - proxy server port
proxyUsername - proxy username in case proxy authentication is required
proxyPassword - proxy password in case proxy authentication is required
powerAuthClientToken - client token for PowerAuth server authentication, used in case authentication is enabled on PowerAuth server
powerAuthClientSecret - client secret for PowerAuth server authentication, used in case authentication is enabled on PowerAuth server
acceptInvalidSslCertificate - whether SSL certificates should be validated, used during development

Register PowerAuth Components

As a part of the PowerAuth integration setup, you need to register following components by registering appropriate @Beans and by adding these components to the Spring life-cycle in your WebMvcConfigurer:

@Configuration
public class WebApplicationConfig implements WebMvcConfigurer {

    @Bean
    public PowerAuthWebArgumentResolver powerAuthWebArgumentResolver() {
        return new PowerAuthWebArgumentResolver();
    }

    @Bean
    public PowerAuthEncryptionArgumentResolver powerAuthEncryptionArgumentResolver() {
        return new PowerAuthEncryptionArgumentResolver();
    }

    @Bean
    public PowerAuthAnnotationInterceptor powerAuthInterceptor() {
        return new PowerAuthAnnotationInterceptor();
    }

    @Bean
    public FilterRegistrationBean powerAuthFilterRegistration() {
        FilterRegistrationBean<PowerAuthRequestFilter> registrationBean = new FilterRegistrationBean<>();
        registrationBean.setFilter(new PowerAuthRequestFilter());
        registrationBean.setMatchAfter(true);
        return registrationBean;
    }

    @Override
    public void addArgumentResolvers(List<HandlerMethodArgumentResolver> argumentResolvers) {
        argumentResolvers.add(powerAuthWebArgumentResolver());
        argumentResolvers.add(powerAuthEncryptionArgumentResolver());
    }

    @Override
    public void addInterceptors(InterceptorRegistry registry) {
        registry.addInterceptor(powerAuthInterceptor());
    }

}

PowerAuthWebArgumentResolver bean is responsible for auto-injecting PowerAuth authentication objects into the controller handler methods (see example in Verify Signatures Chapter). You need to add it to argument resolver list.

PowerAuthEncryptionArgumentResolver bean is responsible for auto-injecting PowerAuth encryption objects into the controller handler methods (see example in Use End-to-End Encryption Chapter). You need to add it to argument resolver list.

PowerAuthInterceptor bean is responsible for the @PowerAuth annotation handling (see example in Verify Signatures Chapter). You need to add it to the interceptor registry.

And finally, the FilterRegistrationBean (with the PowerAuthRequestFilter filter) is a technical component that passes the HTTP request body as an attribute of HttpServletRequest, so that it can be used for signature validation.

Register a PowerAuth Application Configuration

(optional)

PowerAuth uses the concept of application ID and application secret. While applicationId attribute is transmitted with requests in X-PowerAuth-Authorization header, applicationSecret is shared implicitly between client and server and is a part of the actual signature value. Applications are a first class citizen in PowerAuth protocol. Intermediate application, however, may influence which applications are accepted by implementing following configuration.

@Configuration
public class ApplicationConfiguration implements PowerAuthApplicationConfiguration {

    @Override
    public Map<String, Object> statusServiceCustomObject() {
        return null; // suggested default implementation
    }

}

Set Up Spring Security

(optional)

Create a security configuration class SecurityConfig extending WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter. The configuration we will use:

disable default Basic HTTP authentication
disables CSRF (we don’t need it for REST)
register your authentication entry point (if someone tries to visit our API without prior authentication, show error)
secures all REST endpoints with /secured/ prefix

@Configuration
@EnableWebSecurity
public class SecurityConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {

    @Autowired
    private PowerAuthApiAuthenticationEntryPoint apiAuthenticationEntryPoint;

    @Override
    protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
        http.authorizeRequests().antMatchers("/secured/**").fullyAuthenticated();
        http.httpBasic().disable();
        http.csrf().disable();
        http.exceptionHandling().authenticationEntryPoint(apiAuthenticationEntryPoint);
    }

}

Verify Signatures

This sample @Controller implementation illustrates how to use @PowerAuth annotation to verify that the request signature matches what is expected - in this case, to establish an authenticated session. In case the authentication is not successful, the PowerAuthApiAuthentication object is null. You may check for the null value and raise PowerAuthAuthenticationException that is handled alongside other application exceptions via default @ControllerAdvice.

Note: Controllers that establish a session must not be on a context that is protected by Spring Security (for example “/secured/”, in our example), otherwise context could never be reached and session will never be established.

@Controller
@RequestMapping(value = "session")
public class AuthenticationController {

    @RequestMapping(value = "login", method = RequestMethod.POST)
    @PowerAuth(resourceId = "/session/login")
    @ResponseBody
    public MyApiResponse login(PowerAuthApiAuthentication auth) {
        if (auth == null) {
            // handle authentication failure
            throw new PowerAuthSignatureInvalidException();
        }
        // use userId if needed ...
        String userId = auth.getUserId();

        // create authenticated session
        SecurityContextHolder.getContext().setAuthentication((Authentication) auth);

        // return OK response
        return new MyApiResponse(Status.OK, userId);
    }

}

In case you need a more low-level access to the signature verification, you can verify the signature manually using the PowerAuthAuthenticationProvider like this:

@Controller
@RequestMapping(value = "session")
public class AuthenticationController {

    @Autowired
    private PowerAuthAuthenticationProvider authenticationProvider;

    @RequestMapping(value = "login", method = RequestMethod.POST)
    public @ResponseBody PowerAuthAPIResponse<String> login(
    @RequestHeader(value = PowerAuthSignatureHttpHeader.HEADER_NAME, required = true) String signatureHeader,
    HttpServletRequest servletRequest) throws Exception {

        PowerAuthApiAuthentication apiAuthentication = authenticationProvider.validateRequestSignature(
        "POST",
        "Any data".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8),
        "/session/login",
        signatureHeader
        );

        if (apiAuthentication == null || apiAuthentication.getUserId() == null) {
            throw new PowerAuthSignatureInvalidException();
        }
        SecurityContextHolder.getContext().setAuthentication((Authentication) apiAuthentication);
        return new PowerAuthAPIResponse<String>("OK", "User " + userId);
    }

}

Use Token Based Authentication

This sample @Controller implementation illustrates how to use @PowerAuthToken annotation to verify simple token based authentication headers. In case the authentication is not successful, the PowerAuthApiAuthentication object is null.

Please note that token based authentication should be used only for endpoints with lower sensitivity, such as simplified account information for widgets or smart watch, that are also not prone to replay attack.

@Controller
@RequestMapping(value = "secure/account")
public class AuthenticationController {

    @Autowired
    private CustomService service;

    @RequestMapping(value = "widget/balance", method = RequestMethod.GET)
    @PowerAuthToken
    public @ResponseBody PowerAuthAPIResponse<String> getBalance(PowerAuthApiAuthentication apiAuthentication) throws PowerAuthAuthenticationException {
        if (apiAuthentication == null) {
            throw new PowerAuthTokenInvalidException();
        } else {
            String userId = apiAuthentication.getUserId();
            String balance = service.getBalanceForUser(userId);
            return new PowerAuthAPIResponse<String>("OK", balance);
        }
    }

}

Use End-To-End Encryption

You can use end-to-end encryption to add an additional encryption layer on top of the basic HTTPS encryption to protect the request body contents better.

End-to-end encryption provided by PowerAuth uses POST method for all data transport and it requires predefined request / response structure.

Encryption in Application Scope

You can encrypt data in application scope (non-personalized) using following pattern:

@RestController
@RequestMapping(value = "/exchange")
public class EncryptedDataExchangeController {

    @RequestMapping(value = "application", method = RequestMethod.POST)
    @PowerAuthEncryption(scope = EciesScope.APPLICATION_SCOPE)
    public DataExchangeResponse exchangeInApplicationScope(@EncryptedRequestBody DataExchangeRequest request,
                                             EciesEncryptionContext eciesContext) throws PowerAuthEncryptionException {

        if (eciesContext == null) {
            throw new PowerAuthEncryptionException();
        }

        // Return a slightly different String containing original data in response
        return new DataExchangeResponse("Server successfully decrypted signed data: " + (request == null ? "''" : request.getData()) + ", scope: " + eciesContext.getEciesScope());
    }
}

The method argument annotated by the @EncryptedRequestBody annotation is set with decrypted request data. The data is decrypted using ECIES decryptor initialized in application scope.

The response data is automatically encrypted using the previously created ECIES decryptor which was used for decrypting the request data.

Encryption in Activation Scope

You can encrypt data in activation scope (personalized) using following pattern:

@RestController
@RequestMapping(value = "/exchange")
public class EncryptedDataExchangeController {

    @RequestMapping(value = "activation", method = RequestMethod.POST)
    @PowerAuthEncryption(scope = EciesScope.ACTIVATION_SCOPE)
    public DataExchangeResponse exchangeInActivationScope(@EncryptedRequestBody DataExchangeRequest request,
                                            EciesEncryptionContext eciesContext) throws PowerAuthEncryptionException {

        if (eciesContext == null) {
            throw new PowerAuthEncryptionException();
        }

        // Return a slightly different String containing original data in response
        return new DataExchangeResponse("Server successfully decrypted signed data: " + (request == null ? "''" : request.getData()) + ", scope: " + eciesContext.getEciesScope());
    }
}

The method argument annotated by the @EncryptedRequestBody annotation is set with decrypted request data. The data is decrypted using ECIES decryptor initialized in activation scope.

The response data is automatically encrypted using the previously created ECIES decryptor which was used for decrypting the request data.

Signed and Encrypted Requests

You can also sign the data before encryption and perform signature verification of decrypted data using following pattern:

@RestController
@RequestMapping(value = "/exchange")
public class EncryptedDataExchangeController {

    @RequestMapping(value = "signed", method = RequestMethod.POST)
    @PowerAuth(resourceId = "/exchange/signed")
    @PowerAuthEncryption(scope = EciesScope.ACTIVATION_SCOPE)
    public DataExchangeResponse exchangeSignedAndEncryptedData(@EncryptedRequestBody DataExchangeRequest request,
                                                                EciesEncryptionContext eciesContext,
                                                                PowerAuthApiAuthentication auth) throws PowerAuthAuthenticationException, PowerAuthEncryptionException {

        if (auth == null || auth.getUserId() == null) {
            throw new PowerAuthSignatureInvalidException();
        }

        if (eciesContext == null) {
            throw new PowerAuthEncryptionException();
        }

        // Return a slightly different String containing original data in response
        return new DataExchangeResponse("Server successfully decrypted data and verified signature, request data: " + (request == null ? "''" : request.getData()) + ", user ID: " + auth.getUserId());
    }

}

The method argument annotated by the @EncryptedRequestBody annotation is set with decrypted request data. The data is decrypted using ECIES decryptor initialized in activation scope. The signature received in PowerAuth HTTP signature header is verified.

The response data is automatically encrypted using the previously created ECIES decryptor which was used for decrypting the request data.

Note: You can also use String or byte[] data types instead of using request/response objects for encryption of raw data.

Non-Personalized End-To-End Encryption (v2 - legacy)

To use the legacy non-personalized (application specific) encryption, use following pattern:

@RestController
@RequestMapping(value = "encrypted")
public class EncryptedController {

    private EncryptorFactory encryptorFactory;

    @Autowired
    public void setEncryptorFactory(EncryptorFactory encryptorFactory) {
        this.encryptorFactory = encryptorFactory;
    }


    @RequestMapping(value = "hello", method = RequestMethod.POST)
    public PowerAuthApiResponse<NonPersonalizedEncryptedPayloadModel> createNewActivation(@RequestBody PowerAuthApiRequest<NonPersonalizedEncryptedPayloadModel> encryptedRequest) throws PowerAuthActivationException {
        try {

            // Prepare an encryptor
            final PowerAuthNonPersonalizedEncryptor encryptor = encryptorFactory.buildNonPersonalizedEncryptor(encryptedRequest);
            if (encryptor == null) {
                throw new PowerAuthEncryptionException();
            }

            // Decrypt the request object
            OriginalRequest request = encryptor.decrypt(object, OriginalRequest.class);

            if (request == null) {
                throw new PowerAuthEncryptionException();
            }

            // ... do your business logic with OriginalRequest instance

            // Create original response object
            OriginalResponse response = new OriginalResponse();
            response.setAttribute1("attribute1");
            response.setAttribute2("attribute2");
            response.setAttribute3("attribute3");

            // Encrypt response object
            final PowerAuthApiResponse<NonPersonalizedEncryptedPayloadModel> encryptedResponse = encryptor.encrypt(response);

            if (encryptedResponse == null) {
                throw new PowerAuthEncryptionException();
            }

            // Return response
            return encryptedResponse;

        } catch (IOException ex) {
            throw new PowerAuthActivationException();
        }

    }

}

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